Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
Square Product Development Division 1
PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable
3.93 from 3056 ratings
7412 members have it in their collection · 236 playing now · 2601 backlogged · 928 wish listed
How long? Main story 42h · with extras 56h · 100% 70h (from 50 logged playthroughs)
Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. The gameplay makes a departure from many series standards. While it still uses the Active Time Battle system, it deviates from the series' traditional means of boosting a character's power via leveling, although levels are not completely abandoned as they were in Final Fantasy II. In addition, …
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Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. The gameplay makes a departure from many series standards. While it still uses the Active Time Battle system, it deviates from the series' traditional means of boosting a character's power via leveling, although levels are not completely abandoned as they were in Final Fantasy II. In addition, it does not have a Magic Point-based system for spell-casting. Instead, magic is collected, drawn, and created from items, and is used to power up the characters via the junction system.
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Details
- Developers
- Square Product Development Division 1
- Publishers
- Square, Square Electronic Arts, Square Enix
- Genres
- Adventure, Card & Board Game, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Fantasy, Open world, Science fiction
- Franchises
- Final Fantasy
- Series
- Final Fantasy
Release dates
- Feb 11, 1999 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation
- Sep 09, 1999 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation
- Oct 27, 1999 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation
- Oct 29, 1999 (Full Release) (Australia) PlayStation
- Sep 24, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
- Dec 17, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
- Dec 24, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
Also available on
- Final Fantasy VIII (2000) · PC
- Final Fantasy VIII (2013) · PC
- Final Fantasy VIII Remastered (2019) · NSW, PC, PS4, XONE
- Final Fantasy VIII Remastered (2021) · ANDR, iOS
Related
Bundled in
- Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box (Dec 2012) · PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP
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231
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Status SuperFieroStatus Jan 5, 2014
I'm not gone! Been super busy with a real-life thing. In a week or so i'll be back playing some video game or another. Maybe I'll take on Final Fantasy VIII. It's been 15 years since I last fired it up.